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2$O SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Seas. I. Cn. 146. 1926. ,,§f,‘;_ °’ ·°"‘°' °‘ ormcn or mn cmnr or masses C“'"‘°° ’°"°'”"‘· Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $350,820. C§,,‘g?"°"”*"‘°’ Quaarmuxsrna Cours

 SUB8ISi!ENC¤_0]”'I'H1 Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: For

gm? ’“”“*"‘ issue as rations to troops, .including— retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, tcivil em loyees when entitled· thereto, hos- pital matnons, applicants for tmentrwhile heldiundcr observa- tion, general pfisoners of war §including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, ut forwhose su ` nceappropriation is not other- wise made), Indians employed b the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts; fbr the subsistence of the masters, ' oiicers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; hot coifee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for ¤·1¤¤¢<>¤m<>•¤¤»¤¤¤· enlistment while under observation; for sales to oilicers, including members of the Oiiiccrs’ Reserve Co s while on active duty, an §',,'{’,°°{;,,,,, in M. enlisted men of the Arm {Provided;) That the sum of $12,000 is “°"‘§§°“‘¥*°"· authorized to be expended, for supplying meals or furnishing com- mutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Array and the Rm _t { ti National Guard while competitors in the national rifle match: Pro- °°m° r° °°S' vided _f·urt}·.m·, That no competitior shall be entitled to commutation of,rat1o11s in excess gf $l.T>per day, and when rgealsfare iumishpg I . no~greaterexpense· ant atsumper man per ay ort e ri ggliaiigimu of ra- the scented is in progress shall be incurred. For payments: 8; the "°"“*°°°‘ regulation allowances iofcoziimutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men when stationed at places where rations , in kind can not be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty and when traviding on detached duty where it is gimpracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted- men selected to for places or prizes in department and Army ride competitions when traveling to and from places of _ contest, app1icants·for=enlaistment and genera prisoners whi e travel- . " ing under orders. For payment of the regulation allowances of ? commutation in lieu ofi rationsrfocr enliste men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who _ A are_ entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners ,,,*‘,§§{,§,‘,*°§,‘},$,* :,,,3; while sickim hosgptals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge; adver- •¤>- t1s1ng· for provi ng prizes to be established by the Secretary of `‘'` War for en isted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such rizes at the various schools not to exceed $900 per annum; and for other .,., ` necessary expenses incident to the {purchase, testing, care, preser- vation, issue, sale, miemmamg or subsistence supplies or the _ Army; in all, $16,109908. ~ __ · _ _ _ “**_g•*g None of the funds appropriated in this Act_sl1all be used for the payment of expenses of operatmghsales commissaries other than in Alaska, Phili pine Islands, and ina, at which the prices charged do not include the customary overhead costs of freight, handling, Y‘$=”w?·‘°?· s=tp1;g1e,· and delivery,1notwitJistanding‘ithe provisions of the Act g y5,1884_ .i U'·”*“°° °° *¤°’“"° None of the funds a ropriated in this Act shall be used for

¤•m¤¤i°`i•lrt‘i¤`i='io¤.li•ii payment of expenses cfpgperating any utility of the War Depart-

mentaelling services or supplies at which the cost of the services or supplies so sold does not include all customary overhead costs of